Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-25
News Notes.

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Judge Cheney has ordered that a grand
Jury te drawn to-day.
II is rumored that the town depot for
the dummy foothill line will be loo ated
in Sonoratown, on Virgin street.
Jake Phillippi's old Newfoundla and
dog. one of the pioneers among the ca
nine settlers of Los Ang eles, died Thurs
day night.
Burglars forced an entrance to Pierces
restaurant ON Spring street on Thursda ay
night and stole $l.40, all there was in
the money drawer.
J.C. Burr, for long time postal
AGENT between this city and Deming,
has resigned his position and will engag g
Ia other business in Los Angeles.
Clerk Teed, of the City Council, yes
terday sold lot l, block F, of the Fort
Hill tract, at auction and Geo. 5. Pat.
ton was the purchaser at $65O5.
The Board of Public Works will meet
this morning at $3.50 O'Clock to take &C.
ton onseveral important matters, and
the Land Committee will meet at l
o'clock.
Ah Ling was arrested yesterday for
stealing water from a zanja running
through Hunters place. Ii appears that
he tapped the zanja without the con-
cent of the Zanjero.
The matter of the adjustment of the
various franchises owned by Messrs.
Crank, Silver, ct al. has not been def
nitely settled as yet and will come before
the Board of Public Works this morning.
james McClosky and Archibald Rust,
who were caught by Officer LOOMS in
the act of stealing four bottles of bitters
from Mesnager's liquor store, plead
guilty yesterday and were sent to jail
for fifty days..
w. II. Cannon reported at the police
station last evening that a silver watch
had been stolen from his vest while at
work on a new building on Los Angeles
street. The initials "W. c." were
scratched on the inside and outside of
the case.
s. H. Moll, of San Diego, is at the St.
Charles. Mr.. Moll has come over to
look after that charge OF smuggling
which rests against him. If Moll had
smoked few of the two hundred cigars
which he is charged with smuggling, he
would not be here to-day to tell the
tale.
Tu Chong swore out complaint, yes.
terday, before Justice Anstin, charging
an unknown boy with battery. 1t ap-
peared that on Wednesday evening a
young hoodlum hit Chong on the eye
with his fist and raised a swelling several
inches around. Chong thinks he can
find the boy.
The Young Peoples Societies of the
various churches in this city will hold
Union Services tomorrow Sunday
evening in the First Presbyterian
Church, corner % and Fort st. Services
begin promptly at 5:45 aud close at 7;l5
sharp. All young people are cor daily
invited to attend.
Great preparations are being made for
the Examiner balloon ascension at the
Sixth street park tomorrow. There
will be three entrances. and it is expected
fully 1000 people will be in attendance.
A full corps of constables have been
engaged to usher the vast crowd to seats
and to prevent any disorder.
Thursday night the servant girl at the
residence of Charles F. Rutan, 3O5
North Pearl street, placed lighted
lamp too near the window cur tains and
the result was small conf ag ration.
Mr.. Rutan rushed in the room an d with
rare presence of mind seized quilt and
exiting Wished the incipient fam es.
There will be lively times in Fresno
county this fall. The grain farm ers will
get something like 50, 100000 for their
crops; the wine, raisin and fruit men
about $4,000, 900 for their pro ducts,
while the miners, wool growers and
lumber men will come in with couple
of million more, or say about S6, 100000
for the whole county.
John Hansha, who was formerly the
head waiter of the United States hotel,
but recently the proprietor of the New
York restaurant at Pasadena, drew
$500 from bank, took $500 from the
money drawer and started for Los An
geles on Tuesday last. Since that time
nothing has been heard of him, and hi.
relatives and friends are anxious to tino
out his whereabouts.
Albert E. Wray, Wm Burrows ani
Henry Atkinson who were held te
answer at Wilmington by Justict
Weeks on a charge of grand larceny
for stealing boat, obtained writ O
habsas corpus from Judge Chen ey yes
terday returnable on the 2Sth instant
ct 10 o'clock. 1t ia alleged that th'
commitment was not regular.
Payton & Spencer, attorneys, hav'
fled motion for new trial in behalf
of Frank Ayers, who was lately con-
victed of manslaughter for killing the
Cowles baby. They base their appli-
cation on the judges charge to the jury
and also allege that they have discov-
cred new evidence material to the
prisoner. Ayers sentence was contin-
uei to June 30th.
A. N. Towne, Of the Southern Pacific,
will arrive in this city to-day. 1t il
probable that while here Mr.. Towne
will make a selection of grounds for Q
passenger depot. Where the new depot
will be located is mooted point. M any
think it will go towards Seventh street,
but others cling to the idea that the
Sisters School property, corner of Ala
media and Macy streets, will be selected
The California Central is prep airing a
new time table that will be made public
tomorrow. 1t is probable that they
will extend the train that now runs to
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